Chapter 8- Climbing the Ladder

Naruto grumbled as he walked through the crowds, having been thrown out yet another weaponry shop. He lost track of how many he visited today, but the ones willing to take his money did so by selling their stuff at ungodly high prices. Now he was looking for a halfway decent shop so he could buy one measly pack of senbon.

He'd be training his different Limits by now, but he wasn't willing to waste a day of rest and relaxation, especially when he practically didn't have time to himself. Heck, he even trained his water and ice jutsu in the shower (though he didn't like training his Hyouton in there; it always made the water cold). Today, he was just going chill, even if it killed him.

The sun-kissed genin raised his head up as he found another weapon shop, this one full to the rim of weapons, some of which he had yet to identify. It was smaller but completely packed, leaving no square inch of the walls undecorated, or at least that's how it looked from the outside.

Naruto sighed as he made a mental bet with himself. How long would it take for the shop owner to notice him this time? Knowing his luck, the very moment he stepped foot onto the floor. Relying on his lucky stars, he timidly walked in. Like he guessed, there were lots of shiny, pointy objects, and all of them didn't leave enough room to maneuver without getting poked.

The first person he saw was a girl, maybe a year older than him, behind the counter, lazily reading a magazine of some kind. At first, Naruto scratched it off as another one of those stupid girly magazines, but upon closer inspection he found himself raising an eyebrow, finding it to be a weapon catalogue. This girl was a true-blue kunoichi, and not one of those stupid fan-girls haunting the streets.

She herself had chocolate brown hair done up in two Chinese buns. Her clothing matched her hair style and was a cross between a pink and red.

She looked up as she heard the bell attached to the door jingle, signifying a customer's entrance. Whoever she was, her eyes lit up at seeing a potential buyer.

"Welcome! Is there anything I can help you with?" she asked, leaning on the counter with an expectant smile.

Naruto nervously chuckled, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head –man; there were a lot of weapons here! "Yeah, I'm kind of looking for some senbon. You wouldn't happen to have any would you?"

He watched as she blinked for a second, and then looked surprise.

"Senbon?" she asked, "Wow! It's not very often that we get orders of those."

"How come?"

"Well," the girl began to explain, "they're very difficult weapons to use. They need a lot of precision and are much harder to throw because they're so much lighter than kunai. You plan on practicing acupuncture?"

Naruto rubbed the back of his head again, slightly intimidated by just how difficult they sounded to use. Sadly, for the best results of the Wraith Fist Style, they were needed. He never thought of just how precision oriented Haku's taijutsu was until he read the scroll.

"Sort of…" he muttered. "I'm working on something like it."

"Really? What would that be?" she asked with curiosity.

Both of them were interrupted as man walked in from the back room. "Hey, Tenten, don't scare the customers. If they don't want to talk about their fighting styles, they don't have to."

The Uzumaki slowly turned his attention to the newcomer. Just looking at him, he could tell that the man was Tenten's father. Their hair was the exact same color, but unlike his daughter, his eyes were obsidian. Body wise, he was wiry like Kakashi and his cheeks were decorated by scars from battles he probably experienced as a shinobi.

Naruto couldn't help but gulp at the sight of him, knowing he was about to get thrown out. And the fact that the man was a former shinobi didn't help lower his fear.

His eyes watched from behind his goggles as Tenten's father looked taken aback for but a brief second. What took place next Naruto could've never predicted: the man smiled. It was not just any smile; it was friendly, the first one he could ever recall getting from a shop owner of any kind.

"Well, what kind of weapons are you looking for?" he asked.

Naruto shook his head to get over the shock. "I'm looking for some senbon."

Like Tenten, her father looked surprised. "Really? It's not very often we get orders of those. Mind if I ask why?"

Naruto took a deep breath as he got ready to explain; Tenten leaned in closer to listen, being a part of a team that specialized in taijutsu. "I'm trying to learn a taijutsu style that used to belong to a friend of me, and it requires senbon for the best parts of it."

Tenten blinked, completely surprised by what she heard. Her father wasn't far off from showing the same emotion, but he kept it reigned in by rubbing his chin.

"Have you ever trained in senbon?" he asked Naruto out of the blue.

"Uh…no," the blond answered, slightly embarrassed that he never used the weapon before when he was buying a set.

The man nodded his head. "What type of taijutsu style are you trying to learn? I don't recall any that required senbon."

"My friend invented it," said Naruto.

"Who's your friend?" asked a Tenten, curious to know the person who invented such a unique fighting style.

"He passed away," answered the blond morosely.

"Oh," she said, upset that she had accidentally hit a sore spot.

"Did he give a name to this taijutsu?" Tenten's father asked him with a sad smile.

Naruto looked up, still looking somber, but his eyes held a tiny speck of pride. "He didn't name it, but I did. I call it the Wraith Fist Style."

"I'll have to look at it sometime, that's if you're willing."

Tenten's father walked behind the counter and pulled out a box full of the throwing needles. With a smile, Naruto walked up to the counter and took them in hand.

"You can call me Hotaru," he said with a friendly smile, "and I'll put this first pack of forty needles on the house. Would you mind if I took a look at one of you shuriken?"

Naruto exuberantly pulled out one of his throwing stars, ecstatic that he had gotten some weapons for free –already he liked this guy… a lot. The man ran his fingers over the throwing star, inspecting the sharpness and the craftsmanship of it. When he finished, he clicked his tongue in aggravation.

"These are very poor quality," Hotaru said, shaking his head.

"They were damn expensive too," muttered Naruto.

At that the man gave another sad smile. "How about I get you a new set of shuriken and kunai at half the price? You can't very well be a shinobi with such poor weapons."

Naruto couldn't believe his ears, and neither could Tenten. Her father never gave discounts to anyone! Though their shop was smaller, the weapons they made were of very high quality, and many shinobi came here -and here only!- for their tools. Never, not even once, had Hotaru given a discount to any living person.

"I don't know what to say," thanked Naruto.

"No problem," Hotaru thought for a second before he gave another friendly smile. "You know, if you want, I'd be more than willing to teach you how to use those senbon. First I'd have to take a look at that taijutsu scroll, just to see how it works and why you need senbon, but that's up to you as well."

At that point, Tenten fell out of her chair with a surprised squeak. Both of them turned their attention on her as she pulled herself back up on the chair, rubbing her head from her collision on the ground.

"You never trained anybody!" she said.

"I guess I never have, huh?" he said with a smile.

"Thanks," Naruto said, donning another one of his infamous foxy grins. "It's hard for me to find a good weapon shop, or one that's as friendly."

"It's my pleasure. Just stop by tomorrow if you can and I'll give you some pointers."

The blond nodded his head and waved good-bye as he left the shop. Tenten rounded on her father with a mixture of confusion and curiosity as soon as their customer disappeared behind a corner.

"I thought you didn't like teach; that's why you became an ANBU, so you could get away with not teaching a genin squad," she questioned, with a grimace.

"You're right, but I'm doing this for an old friend of mine," he simply answered with a distant look.

Both of them turned their attention into the backroom as they heard something break. Tenten groaned and put her hand up to her face, knowing this had something to do with her little brother.

"I do believe that your little brother…" he told her with a smirk.

"I know, I know! I'll go fix it!" Tenten yelled in aggravation as she went into the room to wrangle up her little brother before more damage could be done to the house.

As soon as she left, Hotaru turned back to the outside still staring at the path that Naruto had taken.

So, Kushina, he thought to himself, that's your son. He's a lot like you.Anko sat on the rooftop, watching as Naruto scurried through the streets with a large smile on his face and a bag full of brand new weapons. It looked as if he finally found a weapon shop that was willing to supply his needs. That was good; otherwise, she would've lost it and give a serious 'talking' to the owner, which usually ended with the poor victim pissing their pants.


She got up and began to follow to where Naruto was going, and from the general direction he was heading to, he was off to Ichiraku's. That was good; she could use some dango anyways.

Anko would be off doing other things, but she was working on the mission the Sandaime assigned her and Iruka, and that was to keep a close eye on Naruto. Her partner would be more out to do this than her, but the Uzumaki would easily pick him out of a crowd with his Limit-sensing capabilities.

Anko became curious as to why her ward was going around to the different weapon shops. Not to mention it was a good excuse to grab a bite to eat before she went back to business in watching him. Suddenly getting an idea, the Konoha's craziest ninja jumped from the building she was on, landing next to and startling Naruto.

"Hey, Maggot!" she greeted in her usual over-exuberant way. "How about we go grab some lunch since I'm off for a little bit?"

After regaining his composure, he shrugged his shoulders, "Sure, I was just heading to Ichiraku's anyways."

It took the duo a couple minutes to get to the place, and when they got there Naruto ordered his usual and Anko bought several plates full of dango.

"So, what made you go out to the weapon shops?" she asked, starting off their conversation.

"I had to find some senbon," he told her with a smile. "That guy from the last shop was cool; he gave them to me for free and sold me a kunai and shuriken set at half price."

"That's pretty good," she said, glad to know she wasn't going to have to visit the guy for a private talk. "Senbon though? Why would you need those?"

"Well, I need them for a taijutsu style," the blond answered. "Would you be able to give me some pointers on how to use them?"

Anko thought about it for a second. "Maybe after the weekend when you train with Iruka and me again."

"Damn it," muttered Naruto. Oh well, at least Hotaru was willing to teach him tomorrow.

"Ah, don't worry about it. If you need something to train with, you do have five other Limits to practice with."

He sighed as he listened to what she suggested. "Why can't my Kyoukagan copy knowledge too?"

"Who said life was fair?" Anko tried to comfort while messing up Naruto's hair.

Both of them turned their attention to Ayame as she brought out there lunches, balancing several of bowls of ramen and platefuls of dango, much to their astonishment.

"Here you guys go," she said in her perky voice, giving them their lunch.

While Naruto was eating his ramen, he couldn't help but think. If Iruka was his big brother figure, then Anko was the big sister he never had. Though she had crazy tendencies, he wouldn't want it to be anyone else.

Anko's mind was along the same lines. Her and the brat were alike in a lot of aspects, and because of that, she couldn't help but warm up to him. She'd watch him and never abandon him –not like what her old sensei did to her.

When they had finished eating, Anko turned her attention onto the boy. "Alright, brat, make sure that you relax today and don't try anything stupid."

"Got it!" agreed Naruto, giving her a mock salute.

Both of them got up from the table and headed in their own directions; Naruto was going towards his apartment to study his scrolls and Anko was heading to the interrogation rooms.


Sakura was on the ground panting, her chakra reserves having been dwindled down to nothing again. She was training her Kinzokuton, but much to her own aggravation, she couldn't pull out anything bigger than an average sized katana. Though, that was a serious improvement from her first pathetic attempt.

During the week of training with Yamato, he not only had her practice her Metal Release: Dragonfly Weaver, but also had her work on weapon-based combat. She hated katana and anything with a blade, but found she loved weapons with a shaft or pole, including, but not limited to, bo staffs, spears, and scythes. Sadly, all of those required metal -lots of it- and that meant a lot more chakra she didn't have.

She slowly picked herself off the ground, but when she stood, she found one Uchiha Sasuke entering into the training grounds. Thankfully, he hadn't seen her try to create a weapon or something.

"What are you doing?" he asked, genuinely surprised to see her out on the training field; he figured she'd be at home working on her hair or something like that.

"Training," she simply answered, wiping the sweat off of her face.

It brought some satisfaction to her to see Sasuke caught off guard by her new training regime. Although Yamato gave her and the rest of Team Seven the weekend off, she needed to get her chakra reserves at least to where she could pull out a bo staff from the ground.

"Need some help?" he asked in his cool demeanor.

Even though Sasuke didn't want to, he was still willing to at least help out a teammate in need (except Naruto). It had been awhile since the two were able to train together in private since the Wave mission, and it would be good to see how she was doing.

Inside Sakura's mind, her inner self was screaming 'HELL YEAH!' and anything of the like in victory. Sasuke wanted to train with her, not Ino-pig or anyone else.

"Sure, it would be nice," she said, accepting his offer with a smile. "You wouldn't happen to know how to increase my chakra reserves faster too?"

"The only thing I can think of is the tree walking exercise," he answered with a shrug of his shoulders, "that, or practicing your jutsu."

She sighed in defeat at the thought of how long it was going to take before she got her reserves where she wanted. Her chakra capacity was growing at a snail's pace, much to her chagrin.

"Do you mind sparring?" Sasuke asked.

"Sure," she answered.

Sakura walked over to where she made a katana with her Metal Release: Dragonfly Weaver and picked up the discarded weapon. Sasuke raised an interested eyebrow at her interest in kinjutsu. He never knew her to be the weapon type of girl.

"You're trying to learn how to use a katana?" he questioned, finding an interest in helping her since he could easily work a sword.

"Yeah, but I suck at it," the bubble-gum haired girl said. "I work better with staffs and stuff like that."

"If you want, I can help you with your sword training."

"Really?" Sakura asked with a happy gleam in her eyes.

"Sure, I've got some time; come at me," the Uchiha ordered while pulling out a kunai.

Even though he couldn't stand Sakura's fan-girl tendencies, he found himself smiling at the thought of teaching her how to use a weapon. In a way, it made her not so useless like she was at the academy.

She charged forward while putting on a game face. Sasuke may be her crush, but she wasn't willing to embarrass herself by acting weak.


Kakashi and Yamato sat next to each other at a bar, trying to relax before their weekend could abruptly end.

"So, how was their week with you?" asked Kakashi, turning his single eye to Yamato.

"They weren't bad," the Mokuton user answered, taking a quick sip at his green tea –he didn't abhor alcohol per say, but he definitely didn't like it. "Sasuke was moody like what you described. Naruto and Sakura weren't bad on their training; he managed to learn the Wood Clone Technique and now he should be at least trying to learn the new move I gave him. Over all, I would say he's a jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none, but like I said, he's got a strong grasp of Hyouton and Mokuton. I've had Sakura also train in weapons besides her Kinzokuton; her reserves are really small, so we've been trying to get them up to par, but it'll still be a while."

"That's pretty good." Yamato looked at his former captain and shook his head, seeing that Kakashi already downed his liquor without anyone seeing past the mask. "You still need to stick around to train Naruto and Sakura. I also have to train Sasuke in using Sharingan, but at the same time, I've got to train Naruto to use Byaku Chakra. How are we going to pull this one off?"

"Well," thought Yamato, "while I train the other two, you could take Sasuke. If you want to train Naruto, I would suggest you start bargaining with Iruka and see if you can get him every other day."

"Sounds like a plan to me," Kakashi agreed.

Both of them looked to the side as they saw Kurenai and Asuma take their seats next to them. The woman jounin was quick to order her self some alcohol, but Asuma turned it down, instead taking out a fresh cancer stick.

"So, Kakashi, what's your plan for the upcoming Chunin Exams?" asked Asuma.

The copy-cat shrugged, taking a moment to think about it. "It depends. I'm not so sure if my team is ready for it, but then again, they did take on a pretty high ranked mission."

"I heard about that," spoke Kurenai. "I'm glad you guys got out of that mess okay."

"What brings you here, Yamato?" questioned the chain-smoker. "I'd figure you'd be out with the ANBU, not looking like an average jounin."

The said man took another swig of his tea before he answered: "I'm actually taking the time to help Kakashi-senpai teach his students."

"They're that much of a handful?"

"Actually, my students aren't half bad," Kakashi told him from across the counter. "The only thing they really need to work on is teamwork, but either way, even Naruto is getting stronger."

"Well that's good, but I still don't think he could compare to a lot of the other rookies," Kurenai thought aloud.

"You need to put a lot more faith in him," the copy-cat said, thinking about certain Bloodline Limit Naruto just so happened to have. "Like I said, he's getting better."

About then, both Yamato and Kakashi got up from their stools, getting ready to head out and enjoy their couple days off.

"Where are you two going?" asked Asuma.

"We're just going to relax," answered Yamato.


The next day, Naruto walked into the weapon shop he visited yesterday, wanting to meet Hotaru for senbon practice. When he walked into the door, he was greeted by both the weapon smith and Tenten.

"I was wondering when you were going to get here," Hotaru welcomed. "Tenten will be joining us since she is a weapon specialist."

"That's cool," said a smiling Naruto. "Who'll watch the shop while you're away?"

"Oh, my wife will."

Everyone turned to the backroom as yelling rung through the place. Tenten groaned in annoyance while Hotaru rubbed the side of his face. Naruto winced at the volume the woman yelled; something about 'not supposed to play with that knife,' or something on the order of.

"That's if my son can behave for five seconds and stay out my weapons," Hotaru finally said with a defeated sigh.

Ten minutes later, the small group made it to a nearby training area riddled with weapons –this place was obviously the family's favorite clearing to train in, if their obsession with weapons was anything to go by. Hotaru turned to the two as he got into the center of the clearing.

"Tenten, would you mind setting up the targets while I give Naruto the basics?" he asked.

His daughter grumbled as she complied, sensing an underlying order from her superior. As soon as she was gone, Hotaru began to teach.

"Alright," he began. "Senbon are some of the most difficult weapons to make use of, simply because you have to be precise. That's why only hunter-nin make use of them, and often times, they're highly trained in the arts of acupuncture. I'm imagining that you plan on learning the said art, right?"

Naruto bobbed his head up and down like a parrot. If he had a notebook nearby, he would do the Sakura-thing and jot down notes. This was stuff you weren't taught in the academy.

"Now," Hotaru continued to explain, "you can't pierce bone with them like kunai, but you can use them in close combat like one –I even know a couple hunter-nin that put them in between their fingers and use them like claws. The trick is to hit the weak spots of the human body, such as the neck. Now, before we begin you training, could I please look at that scroll?"

"Oh, sure," Naruto agreed.

The blond pulled out the scroll containing the info on the Wraith Fist Style and threw it towards the older man. Hotaru opened the scroll and quickly glanced over it, but the more he looked over it, the more he could feel himself being astounded.

This fighting style was very unique. Unlike many others he looked at, this one was created just so the user simply adapted to everything he or she wanted. It could be changed up for different weapons, not just senbon, but looking at it, he could see that the most spectacular forms of combat in the style required the use of the throwing needles. And it was simplistic, basing itself off of a common fighting style, but then changing it up to become a very deadly system.

Hotaru whistled as he rolled up the scroll and threw it back to Naruto.

"I can now see why you need to learn how to use senbon," the man said. "Well, I think we've wasted enough time."

With a nod, the sun-kissed boy followed his one-time teacher towards where Tenten was lazily reclining against a tree, watching them with a mixture of aggravation and interest.

"Now," tutored Hotaru, "when you throw a senbon, it's a flick of the wrist…"


Asuma greeted his team at his usual spot: Chouji's favorite restaurant for Korean barbeque. He quickly found his team by following the sounds of his plump student's bites, finding the ever lazy Nara and a depressed Ino.

The Sarutobi kept trying to figure out what was wrong with the girl, but she would brush it off or not even answer altogether. Shikamaru and Chouji liked it that way because she wasn't being overbearing, but it worried Asuma. Normally she would be the driving force of the team, mainly through ordering around and threatening her teammates, but now she was so out of it even she didn't train.

"Hey guys," he greeted, receiving a 'hello sensei' from Chouji, a 'Yo' from Shika, and a grunt from Ino.

"Well, I think we should train today," he suggested.

That earned groans from the Akimichi and the Nara, but Ino continued to stay silent.

And to believe that he was trying to put them into the Chunin exams! At this rate, Naruto wouldn't have trouble fighting them –except maybe Shika and his oversized brain.

"Could we please wait until after we're done eating?" pleaded Chouji.

With a sigh, he nodded and took a seat next to his overweight student. The chain-smoker allowed his eyes to travel the normally bright Ino, trying to figure out what was going through her mind as she continued to stare off into space.

After they eaten, they headed towards their favorite training area, walking through the ever-busy afternoon crowds.

Ino was aimlessly walking, only allowing herself to automatically follow her team. Her brain was still deep in thought, still trying to think of where to go from here.

This sucked! What was there left for her to fight for? She became a kunoichi for all the wrong reasons, and now she was paying the price with her one and only goal now gone. Somehow, her former best friend won. If only someone would walk out of nowhere and give her something worth fighting for…

Ino was so deep in thought that she didn't see another blond –one that wasn't paying attention either- coming straight at her.

Shikamaru turned to the right as he heard a crash and muttered one of his usual 'what a drag' as he saw how the Yanamaka had collided with none other than one Uzumaki Naruto.

"ARGH! My senbon!" yelled the former dead-last.

True to what he said, there were needles strewn about the place, his collision having let them all loose. He began to frantically pick them up, at least until he felt a powerful killer intent. Naruto was afraid to look at the direction it was coming from, but gulped as he did anyway, immediately regretting it upon sight of Ino and several needles sticking out of odd spots on her body.

"YOU IDIOT!" she yelled as she stood up.

Naruto nervously laughed. "Hi Ino, it's been a while. Um, could I please have my senbon back?"

Ino roared as she jumped at him, making the blond frantically crawl away before any permanent damage could be done. When he looked back, he saw the enraged girl struggling to get away from her sensei's grip in her quest to kill him, Asuma having grabbed the back of her shirt.

"You're trying to learn how to use senbon?" questioned Asuma. "Aren't those a little difficult to use for a genin?"

"Hey, I happen to know how to use them!" shouted Naruto, upset that someone was once again underestimating him.

Hearing this, Ino began to calm down enough that her sensei let go of her.

They all watched as the blond boy picked up one of the discarded needles and threw it at a nearby poster of some guy. The senbon was quick to hit, landing dead on the crotch of the guy on the poster.

"Nice throw," congratulated Shikamaru, wincing at the sight Naruto's chosen target.

"Damn it! I was aiming for the head!" shouted an annoyed Naruto. "That would still be painful, though…" he muttered as an afterthought.

"Who taught you how to use senbon?" Asuma asked out of curiosity.

"It was Hotaru-san at the weapon shop just down the street," the blond answered, pointing his thumb at the general direction of the store. "But he only taught me the basics. I think Anko will be teaching me the more advance stuff about it."

Asuma couldn't believe his ears. The Hotaru, a man that he could recall working with on missions, taught someone? How did the village pariah pull that off!? That man did not like teaching, only giving his daughter, Tenten, lessons, but for this to come out of the blue…?

"Really?" asked a curious Asuma; he had to see this somehow and he knew just the way. "Would you like to come along and practice with my team for a while?"

Naruto adopted his usual foxy grin at the thought of training with old friends. "That would be awesome."


On the rooftops above, Anko was banging her head against a pole. She knew just how much Naruto loved to show off when he trained just from watching the practices he had with Iruka. It was going to be likely he would to reveal too much. If that happened, her partner would kill her. And Iruka's wrath was something Anko didn't want to deal with!

With a growl, she followed after them, keeping a hawk's eye on her charge to make sure he didn't do anything to showy.


All of them finally got to the training area and Naruto was excited to be able to fight someone outside of his own team. It got boring training with Sasuke and Sakura, especially when you knew how the Sharingan and Kinzokuton worked.

Ino was still pissed at him, giving him dirty looks the entire way there. Shikamaru groaned as he saw it; Chouji and he enjoyed it when the overbearing blonde stayed quiet, but now it seemed that she went back to her old, pissy self.

"We'll pair up today and have a free-for-all fight," ordered Asuma, turning around to look at his team and their guest. "That means you should feel free to use whatever is in your arsenal; just don't change the landscape too much. Hey, Naruto, how about you and Ino pair up for the first fight?"

Naruto gulped as he nodded his head as Ino cracked her knuckles in anticipation. Now she could get him back for turning her into a pincushion!

Asuma was just about to give the okay to begin, but stopped as he felt a well-concealed chakra signature. He slowly turned his head to the side and out of the corner of his eye he could see Mitarashi Anko watching Naruto from the trees.

What the hell is she doing here, he asked himself.

He wasn't going to announce her presence; mentally, he decided he was going to wait and find out what she wanted after the fireworks.

"Alright, guys," said Asuma, turning his attention back to the two combatants, "get ready."

Naruto adjusted his goggles while Ino pulled out a kunai. The whiskered boy didn't know whether to activate a Bloodline Limit or not, but he shattered his eyes anyways just in case.

"Begin!" shouted Asuma, curious to see what the Uzumaki learned from Hotaru.

Ino was the first to charge with her knife in tow. Naruto quickly pulled out a senbon and parried the weapon, then jumped backwards and counterattacked by sending the needle into Ino's arm.

"That hurt!" she shouted as she pulled it out.

"It doesn't hurt that bad," muttered Naruto, knowing how it felt to become a human pincushion after his fight with Haku.

With a roar, she charged again, but Naruto pulled out three more of his throwing needles, placing them in between his fingers. When she got close enough, he threw them at her, but the Yanamaka jumped out of the way as the attack peppered the ground.

How many of those damn things does he have!? Ino shouted in her mind as Naruto pulled out three more.

He threw them again, making her reflect them with her kunai, but as she blocked the last one, Naruto was already on her. She blocked his punch with her arm, thanking the gods for her enemy's very sloppy taijutsu. The sun-kissed boy tried a kick, but Ino blocked the attack as well, annoying him even more in the process.

Finding that one of him wasn't enough, he jumped backwards while flashing through his favorite hand seal, creating four other clones. All members of Team Ten raised an eyebrow at the sight of the Shadow Clone Technique, never expecting to see Naruto pull a high level Ninjutsu.

Ino dodged all of the clones, making sure none could touch her. There may be more than one Naruto at the moment, but all of them sucked at taijutsu. She flicked her kunai, killing two of the clones and did it again at the next set, making the last of them disappear with puffs of smoke.

Her eyes traveled over to the real boy that escaped her. Ino could see his brain working, watching as he concentrated. Evidently, he came up with something as another one of his foxy smiles painted his face.

Naruto now knew which Limit he was going to use. It was a while since he last used it, and it would be refreshing to use something other than an Elemental Limit. He willed his shattered eyes to become the same color as Kakashi's, feeling his chakra become denser. It was time to show off.

Ino was just about to charge him before he could do anything, but stopped as Naruto's chakra took a dramatic spike. Asuma felt it too, but unlike Ino, he was familiar with the dense chakra the demon-container was giving off; for the life of him, though, he couldn't remember from where.

"Let's get wild!" shouted Naruto as he pulled out a shuriken.

He began to pour some of the white chakra into the throwing star, making it glow ivory. That's when Asuma felt recognition hit him: only Kakashi could do that trick. Naruto threw the star, making it spin so fast it sounded like a buzz-saw. Ino jumped out of the way before it could hit, but watched with shock and awe as the weapon went cleanly through a nearby tree.

The sun-kissed boy was about to pull out a kunai, but before he could, a heel went into the back of his head, knocking him headfirst into the ground and making him go unconscious.

"IDIOT!" shouted the newcomer that hit him from behind.

"Why the hell did you do that?!" shouted Asuma. "No, the better question would be why you are here in the first place, Mitarashi Anko."

"Was does it look like I'm doing!? I'm babysitting, you asshole!" she shouted at him.

She mumbled some choice words under her breath as she hauled Naruto over her shoulders and left the clearing. Ino just blinked as she left, watching as her opponent was literally carried away from her.

"Well, that was weird," Shikamaru said, ending the silence that swept over the area.

"What the Hell!?" shouted an angry Ino. "He was stronger than me! I should have been able to beat his ass…"

Asuma canceled out her voice in favor of asking his self what had just happened. There was no doubt about it; that was Byaku Chakra, but the only person alive that could use it was Kakashi. Were the scarecrow and Naruto related in some way?

He stopped his private musings as he heard something that put a smile on his face.

"We're going to train!" shouted Ino for the first time since whatever took place about a week ago. "Until I can beat that blond piece of crap, we won't stop!"

"Uh, Ino, you're blonde too," muttered Chouji, pulling out another bag of chips.

"That's beside the point!"

Asuma had to hand it to Naruto: he knew how to get people back on their feet. It seemed he inadvertently pulled Ino out of her depression


Naruto was brought back to the world of the living by a splash of water. He quickly jumped up and began looking around at his new location, only to find himself back at his apartment. His eyes traveled to the culprit that threw water on him, finding a thoroughly pissed Anko, something never good for anybody's health.

"Why did you stop the battle!?" he yelled at her with his hands in the air.

"Because you used the Kyoukagan," she simply said, trying to keep her cool but failing miserably. "The moment you used the Byaku Chakra, Asuma began to suspect things. Nice move! Now people are going to start asking questions! Oh, and if you had added the chakra to the knife, you could have very well killed Ino! You're not fighting Sasuke; she's a lot weaker, or did you forget that?"

He immediately felt like crap. Once more, he allowed everything to get out of hand and if it wasn't for Anko, he could've inadvertently hurt Ino.

"If people find out about the Kyoukagan," Anko continued, letting a tint of worry enter her voice, "then they might make you a science experiment. I really don't want that to happen."

Naruto had also forgotten about that one as well. His blood was now the most valuable commodity on the planet, but- and he couldn't believe he was saying this- he was glad that the Kyuubi made it a lot less accessible. Still, he'd be in a lot of danger.

"Sorry, I wasn't thinking," he simply told her. He allowed himself to get into the thrill of battle and it almost caused a large calamity from what could've been a simple accident.

"Yeah, you better be," she said. "I'll keep this from Iruka, because you and I both know that he'd fly off the handle."

"Thanks."

"No problem brat," she said. "Besides, I would probably get my own ass chewed if he found out."

"I'm afraid it's too late for that," a voice said while entering the room.

Anko chuckled nervously as she turned around to meet the voice, meeting an unpleased Iruka. Naruto also tried to sneak away before his former teacher took notice, but the man's Hyakurai was reading his every movement.

"Oh, no you don't," said Iruka, crossing his arms. "Don't even think that you're off the hook."

Like a puppy with its tail in between its legs, Naruto slowly walked over to the couch and sat next to Anko. For the next ten minutes, Iruka gave them –as Naruto liked to call them- a 'chew-out session'. Anko couldn't believe she was being chastised like a little kid, and Naruto just wanted to be somewhere else.

Things only got better when Iruka began to tell Naruto how Anko and he were supposed to keep an eye on him, partly as a mission from the Hokage.

"You've guys been watching me the whole time!?" the blond shouted.

"Well, actually it's been more me than Iruka since you can sense him," Anko corrected him, lazily leaning on one of her hands.

"Hokage-sama decided we should do this so we could make sure things stayed secret," Iruka explained. "It was also to make sure we don't have another incident like Mizuki."

"You guys could have at least told me…" Naruto angrily muttered.

"I think we should've too," agreed his teacher, wearing a soft smile. "It would make our job easier; it's not like we can keep track of you twenty four/seven."

It was that moment a light bulb went on in Anko's head.

"I have an idea!" she shouted, pointing a finger in the air.

That isn't good, the two males thought at the same time.

"How 'bout Naruto stays with one of us instead of staying at his apartment?" she suggested. "I mean, we'd be able to keep track of him easier, and he doesn't have to live by himself."

"That's… a great idea, Anko," Iruka complimented, putting his hand up to his chin at the thought. "Here's the problem: I don't quite have the income to support someone else; so that means he stays at your house."

Naruto didn't know whether to smile in joy at the thought of no longer having to live alone or to run for the hills –this was Anko they were talking about! As much as he loved his older sister figure, there was so much crazy one could take a day.

"No problem!" she agreed. "I even have a spare bedroom for him. So guess what, you'll be living with me, Maggot!"

"Could we talk about this?" Naruto tried to reason.


The next day, Sakura could be seen on the bridge looking perkier than usual. Over the weekend, Sasuke took it upon himself to teach her some basic swordsmanship, and now she could halfway use a katana and her skill with the Fire Release: Ember Shot even got better.

Speaking of the stoic boy, the Uchiha was lazily reclining on a nearby tree, letting his leg dangle off the branch. Surprisingly, there was a small smirk playing his lips. He couldn't believe he was telling himself this, but he actually enjoyed all that training with Sakura. It was… nice (yeah, that was a good word)… to have someone other than one's self to work with.

Both turned their heads to the sight of Naruto walking up to them, looking disheveled and exhausted. He took his usual seat on one of the railings of the bridge. It was only then Sakura could see the bags under his eyes. His hair was also more unkempt than was considered normal.

After only a couple seconds, he started nodding off, losing his balance and landing in the water below. Sasuke shook his head in amusement and Sakura giggled as Naruto got out of the water, completely soaked and moodier than before.

"What's wrong, Dobe?" taunted Sasuke. "Didn't get enough beauty sleep?"

"More like it was a herd of elephants," Naruto muttered. He was too tired to butt heads with anybody, especially after last night.

Anko suggested he spend the night so he could at least get acquainted with her home. He halfway expected the place to look like a torture chamber, but much to his surprise it was a downright pig sty –even then, that was giving her too much credit. Every inch of the place was covered with some form of garbage or an article of clothing, some of which made him blush at the sight of. Naruto would be the first to admit he was no neat-freak, but that place could have a normal slob call it a mess.

Thankfully, his room was left untouched by the disaster area, but come night, Anko snored so loud he could've sworn a stampede was going through Konoha. He didn't get a single ounce of sleep and was now having to pay the consequences.

He wished he could stay with Iruka. Anko was the exact opposite of the man in every known aspect to human kind. She was a slob –and that was putting it mildly- and Iruka was a neat freak; she was hyper and he was calm. It was like the sun and moon in the same room. Naruto didn't know if he was going to live to thirteen if he stayed with her.

Naruto turned his tired eyes on a puff that smoke that quickly dissipated to reveal Yamato and Kakashi, with the latter of the two having stuffed his nose in his ever so infamous orange book.

"Hi Kakashi-sensei," greeted Sakura.

Sasuke greeted him with a lazy wave of his hand and Naruto gave a grunt.

"Looks like you didn't get a lot of sleep last night," Yamato noted at the sight of the blond. "Mind if I ask what happened?"

"I'll give you a hint," he said with annoyance. "It's got purple hair, is crazier than a box of nuts, and it's a slob."

"Mitarashi Anko?" guessed Kakashi as he put away his book. Naruto nodded his head in confirmation. "I'm sorry to hear that, but anyways, it's good to see you guys again."

"Hey, Yamato-sensei, if Kakashi-sensei is back, then how come you're still with us?" Sakura questioned her part time teacher.

"I've become the part time sensei of Team Seven. It looks like I'll be stuck with you guys for a while," the Mokuton user answered, making Sakura smile knowing that one of her favorite teachers was still sticking around.

"Now, how about we go do some missions to start off our day?" suggested Kakashi, earning groans all around.


Along the way to Hokage tower, the genin tried their best to grill details out of Kakashi about his mission, only earning the reply that it was top secret. Naruto kept silent, still not fully awake to want to question anything.

All of them entered the room where the Hokage assigned missions, greeted by the sight of the old man and Iruka who was sitting next to the Sandaime.

"I have a special mission for you guys today, specially requested even," Sarutobi said with a smile.

Even Sasuke's eyes brightened up at the thought of having been requested for this particular mission; Sakura had stars in her eyes at the thought as well. Finally, they were being noted for their hard work! Naruto on the other hand ran a palm across his face, already knowing where this was going.

"Mitarashi Anko has requested that you help Naruto move his belongings over to her house," the Hokage explained, watching how Sakura's and Sasuke's faces did a one-eighty with an amused smile -oh, how he loved to ruin a genin's day like this. "Yes, that is correct, Naruto is moving."

Sasuke and Sakura looked to their teammate for info, but found him making a look that was a cross between disgust and annoyance.

"Could we PLEASE talk about this?" the blond tried to negotiate, only receiving a shake of head from his grandfather figure. "Damn."


A couple minutes later, Team Seven, except Kakashi and Yamato, had their arms full of boxes while Naruto led them to Anko's house. The moment he opened the door, Sakura and Sasuke gawked at the mess while Kakashi and Yamato felt their eyebrows shoot past their hairlines.

Yamato whistled as they entered the place. "I knew she was crazy, but man, I didn't know she was such a slob too."

"Hey," everyone turned to see Anko walk out the kitchen, "don't make fun of the mess. I at least know where everything is."

"Yeah, you should see her room," Naruto said. "This is nothing compared to it."

"You're going to live with her?" Sakura questioned her teammate as if he had somehow lost his marbles.

"Yep, he does now," Anko answered for her new housemate.

"Ouch," muttered Sasuke.

"No comments from the peanut gallery," the woman chastised, earning an angry look from the Uchiha. "Now get his stuff to his room."

"Watch where you step," Naruto warned, "or otherwise your foot might go where you don't want it to."


"Do you really think that those two will get along well?" questioned the Sandaime as Iruka and he took a break with tea.

"Don't worry," Iruka tried to comfort, "they both get along well; just like an older sister with a younger brother."

Iruka took a couple seconds to pour him and his commander some of the bitter drink.

"I must say Iruka," Sarutobi said as he picked up his tea, "Anko's idea is actually quite smart, but like I said, I worry about them actually acting like brother and sister."

"What makes you say that?" Iruka questioned with amusement.

"I'm just saying," the Sandaime explained with his own humor in his voice, "siblings do have a tendency to fight over everything."

"Are you saying that from experience?"

Sandaime chuckled a bit, "Sort of. Asuma often times didn't get along well with his older brother."

"Well, if I'm right," Iruka said as he took a sip from his cup, "then the two should keep each other in line, and hopefully Naruto will make Anko clean her house."


After a couple hours of unpacking –Naruto made sure he hid the boxes holding his precious scrolls under his bed before the other two noticed- all of them headed back to the Hokage tower for yet another mission.

Sasuke and Sakura thought it was funny how the entire time Naruto and Anko would act like siblings. Either they were at each other's throats or they got along well enough to have a civil conversation. But it was so funny how the two were so alike that they were dysfunctional.

Of course, Naruto got his own laughs when Sasuke slipped on some of Anko's clothes and landed on a pizza that was two weeks old. Even the Uchiha lost his cool that moment and almost began hurling chunks.

As the genin were contemplating what happened at Konoha's resident psychopath's home, Kakashi and Yamato looked up as they heard a hawk screech in the air above them.

"It looks like it's about that time," Yamato told his former captain.

"Yes, it would seem so," Kakashi agreed. He then turned to his students. "Looks like you guys get the rest of the day off. Yamato and I have some business to attend to."

With that the two disappeared in one large puff of smoke, leaving their genin to themselves.

Thinking he now had a chance, Naruto turned towards Sakura with a smile. Maybe his luck would be better today.

"Hey, Sakura-chan," he began to ask, "would you mind going on a date with me?"

"No," she rejected. "Sasuke-kun and I are going to go train this afternoon."

It was her turn to put on a friendly smile and turned towards the spot the Uchiha formerly occupied, only to see a note. Out of curiosity, she picked it up and read it.

Sakura, I got to skip out on practice. I have to go get something.

"Darn it," she muttered as she crumpled up the note.

All the while Naruto was watching her, looking dejected over the fact that he'd been denied again, a square rock with eyeholes snuck up from behind. The blond was quick to sense the intrusion and felt his eye twitch as he turned to meet it.

"Rocks aren't square!" he shouted as he kicked it, making it and the occupants go flying.

No sooner after they landed did Konohamaru, Udon, and Moegi step out from it. All of them looked dizzy after their brief flight and the young Sarutobi looked to have a bump on his head, obviously getting the full force of the kick. What aggravated him, though, was that they were all wearing the exact same kind of goggles he wore before he graduated from the academy.

"Boss, that really hurt," Konohamaru said while rubbing the new goose egg.

"Yeah, well, rocks aren't square or have eyeholes," Naruto told them. "Why are you guys wearing the same exact goggles as my old ones?"

Then the trio noticed the new water goggles their boss was now sporting.

"Hey, those goggles are different; where'd you get them?" Udon asked while pointing.

"I found them," Naruto answered.

"Darn it!" shouted Konohamaru. "Now we have to get new goggles."

"Why are you guys here?" the blond asked the trio.

"You promised us that you would play ninja with us and we haven't been able to for a long time," Moegi said.

"That's just plain disturbing; a ninja playing ninja," Sakura thought aloud.

Konohamaru then noticed her, and Naruto knew whatever words that were going to leave his mouth weren't going to be good for his body in any way, shape, or form.

"Hey, isn't that the girl you like?" Konohamaru asked while pointing.

The whiskered blond looked towards Sakura, only to see her raise an eyebrow and cross her arms. That was about as far as Naruto wanted this to go.

"Um, Konohamaru… I really think that…"

He was unfortunate enough to have been interrupted by Udon who spoke the magic words: "She seems kind of flat-chested to me."

At that point, the Uzumaki was absolutely ready to access his Hyakurai and shock the little brats for saying the absolute worst possible thing. He was stopped as a powerful killer intent flooded the area, making Naruto gulp as he remembered the ordeal with Ino yesterday. With a large amount of reluctance, he turned his head slow enough that one could hear the bones creak. Sakura lost her temper, and now him and the Konohamaru Corps were about to get the brunt.

"RUN FOR IT!" they all shouted as Sakura began a set a hand seals.

The troop ended up having dodge fireballs; more than one time Naruto cursed Sasuke for teaching his team's kunoichi how to use a fire move. They quickly rounded on a corner to get away from her.

Konohamaru ran ahead of the group, not paying attention to where he was going and collided with are a large object. Naruto stopped when he saw the young boy run into the leg of a ninja he couldn't identify. Sakura also got around the corner with a fireball ready for throwing, but stopped herself as she saw the two ninjas.

The one Konohamaru ran into was wore a black jumpsuit with a hood while his face had what the blond could identify as war paint. On his back was a single bundle, but he didn't want to be the first to find out what it was. The ninja next to the newcomer was an older kunoichi with sandy blond hair and a war fan on her back.

"That hurt," the male said, picking up Konohamaru by the scruff of his shirt. "I hate brats too."

"Hey, sorry, we were running and weren't paying attention," Naruto tried to reason.

"Kankuro, put him down. We don't need attention and there's no telling if he's around," the kunoichi warned.

"As long as the boss is away, I can have a little fun," Kankuro said as he pulled back his fist.

Naruto had it at about there. Without much thought, he shattered his eyes and switched into the first Limit that came to mind: Hyakurai. Temari noticed the spike of chakra and turned her attention to the other blond as he got ready.

"Naruto, you shouldn't…" Sakura tried to warn, but stopped as she saw all of the nearby lights start flashing on and off.

With a roar, the Konoha genin ran forward to Kankuro with the intent to save the young Sarutobi, but the Sand-nin saw him coming and laid out a set of chakra strings to make the enraged genin trip.

Naruto did indeed trip, but everyone watched with fascination as lightning traveled from the blond to Kankuro, shocking him and sending Konohamaru in the air. Before he could hit the ground the young boy was caught by Sakura and was quickly sat down.

"You're going to pay for that!" shouted Kankuro as he stood up.

Before he could react, Naruto quickly jumped up and threw a shuriken towards a nearby tree. Remembering his lessons Iruka taught him, real lightning was easier to use with a lightning rod or conductor of some kind. He used the shuriken to send a large lightning bolt moving so fast it could barely seen with the human eye, leaving only a quick flash and a loud thunderclap that had people covering their ears, towards a nearby tree branch, splintering it and raining wood on the immediate area.

"What the hell was that, Temari!?" Kankuro shouted as he stared at the blond with wide eyes.

When did he learn how to do that!? Sakura shouted in her mind.

The Konohamaru Corps' minds were along the same line of thought. The young kids' mouths dropped when they saw the attack.

Where the hell are you? Naruto thought in his mind as his eyes shifted over entire the place.

Naruto valued his Hyakurai and considered it the strongest Limit in his arsenal, even though his skills were nowhere near Iruka's. It was bluntly powerful; more than capable of splitting a tree into two, but the trick was controlling how much electricity you gave off. But what he really liked about this Limit was its bioelectricity-sensing capabilities.

At this current moment, both his Hyakurai and Kyoukagan were going crazy. Someone was nearby with a Limit of some kind. And with both the bioelectricity and Limit sensing capabilities, Naruto was worse than any bloodhound that could pulled out of someone's ass.

THERE! The blond quickly spun around while pulling out a kunai, sending it into the tree with a bolt of lightning following it. The electricity struck the tree, splitting it right down the middle. Everyone covered their ears, except Naruto –this was music to any Hyakurai user's ears.

A red blur jumped away from the tree and landed in front of Naruto, revealing a redhead with a blood-red kanji for 'love' tattooed onto the side of his head. What really caught the Uzumaki's eyes were the dark rings around his sea-foam green eyes, a sign of severe sleep deprivation. The boy –no older than the sun-kissed Uzumaki- made Naruto feel as if he rattled a hornets' nest as a severe killer intent leaked into the air.

"Hey, Gaara, y-you know we were on our way to the hotel a-a-and then…" Kankuro pathetically tried to explain.

He stopped as chakra began to saturate the air around Gaara. Sakura felt her eyes widen as all the metal on her body, including her weapons, tried to escape her person and head to Gaara. Naruto also felt his senbon and kunai begin to fight against their holsters.

Feeling as if the redhead was challenging him, Naruto allowed his electricity to go crazy, allowing a marginal amount to exit his body and to show he was just as strong. Sakura watched in awe as lightning escaped from her teammate's body, dancing on him like a lightning rod. The most spectacular displays, though, were coming from his hands where electricity would arc and dance around his fingers.

Gaara could sense the huge amount of power coming from Naruto and upped the ante, saturating air with even more chakra, forcing all metal objects to come to him with even more force. The magnetic abilities in the air made Sakura feel like she was being dragged towards the battle of wills by her weapons alone.

The redhead narrowed his eyes, daring the blond across from him to draw on more power. And Naruto just about to do that, at least until a commanding voice rung through the area.

"ENOUGH!" it yelled.

Immediately, whatever force pulling the metal towards Gaara abruptly stopped and Naruto quickly de-shattered his eyes, knowing exactly who that voice belonged to. He looked up and was greeted by the sight of an angry Iruka, whose attention was more set on the Suna-nins.

"As guests, you should all at least show some manners," he ordered. "I know you may be here for the Chunin Exams, but that doesn't give you the right to trash the place. Leave before I remove you myself."

Temari muttered a 'shit' under her breath and quickly began walking away with Kankuro in tow. When neither sensed Gaara coming with them, they turned around to see him still staring at Naruto.

"What is your name?" the red ghoul questioned.

Sakura shivered at the sound of the voice, as did the Konohamaru Corps. It sounded so hollow, so bloodthirsty that it felt like it could kill them just from listening to it.

"Uzumaki Naruto. How 'bout you?" Naruto asked back.

"Gaara," and with that, the redhead turned to leave.

'I'm sorry sensei,' Naruto mouthed towards his teacher so no one else could hear, but felt surprised when Iruka blinked his right eye at him, telling him they would talk more later.

"Alright you guys," he said, allowing a friendly smile to paint his face. "I think you all should be heading home before your parents get mad. And I know for a fact, Naruto, that Anko is starting to panic after having lost track of you."

Everyone nodded, and with a couple goodbyes from the Konohamaru Corps everyone, except Iruka and Naruto, left the alleyway.

"I'm…" Naruto was quickly interrupted.

"Don't worry about it," Iruka comforted. "In this case I'll let it slide. There are a lot of rumors of Gaara and none of them are good. And you did save Konohamaru from getting a black eye. Now, I think we should be leaving before somebody starts questioning what happened to their trees."

The two quickly got out of the alleyway, headed straight for Ichiraku's before anyone could see the damage done to the plants.


Across the alleyway, when Gaara felt no living soul, except his siblings, was looking, he allowed his signature bloodthirsty smile to paint his face. There was something about Uzumaki Naruto that made him feel so alive.

Shukaku wanted –no… screamed was a better word- for his blood, something Gaara never experienced before. Naruto also done something that no other human being did, and that was to stare him in the eyes with no fear, even as his own Bloodline Limit was going at full force.

Jikiton (Magnet Release), an ability gifted to the containers of Ichibi no Shukaku and passed on to their children, was originally used by the Sandaime Kazekage. All men from Suna would've shit themselves if they felt it, but that blond just answered the call of intimidation by letting out more of his power, whether it was pure ignorance or just stupidity.

He licked his lips in anticipation, making Kankuro and Temari become nervous. Naruto and he were going to meet again; he would make sure of it.

"He's got that look again," Kankuro whispered to his sister.

Kill Joy no Jutsu (A.K.A. Author's Note): Whew, this chapter came out much faster than I anticipated, but this could be attested to President's Day weekend. Is it just me or isn't it supposed to be longer than three days? 'Cuz if so, than that really sucks for me.

Chunin exam has started and you all know what that means, we'll be seeing our favorite weirdo of a snake here in a couple chapters. That's when things will get interesting. It will also reveal the final ability of the Kyoukagan, since a lot of you have wanted there to be more than just copying. Don't worry, it won't make him god like but it will bring some interesting fights in the future.

As for Naruto moving in with Anko, we'll be seeing some interesting things happening in the future from this.

Now for the last part, many of you have begged and begged that Gaara get the Iron Sand abilities of Sandaime Kazekage. I have delivered and I hope you enjoy as it only makes Gaara a much fiercer opponent, especially in the later fights. If you don't know, and Chiyo specially hints at it, is that the Iron Sand itself isn't the Limit, but rather the weapon the Limit can make use of. The old lady also once mentioned that anything metal could easily put a person at a serious disadvantage with the battle against Sandaime Kazekage. Hearing this, I went from there to create this particular Limit.

I'm also planning to introduce one more original Limit later on. I would like to thank A Common Hero for coming up with it and I look forward to adding it in somehow. It was really genius.

Let me remind you all that there are no confirmed pairings!It may look like I may go one way, but keep in mind that I could easily pull a one-eighty out of my ass and do something completely different. The pairings will be confirmed in my sequel, until then, don't get your underwear in a wad.

Now that we're all done with that, let's hit the original Limits.

Original Limits:

Jikiton (Magnet Release) - Elemental- A Bloodline Limit native to Suna and was originally used by the containers of Shukaku and their descendants. The most avid users of it recorded so far are Gaara and the Sandaime Kazekage. This Limit is famous for being one of the very few Limits found in Suna.

It is used by transforming one's chakra into magnetic forces that easily control metals of various kinds in a wide range, most commonly nickel, iron, and other magnetically capable minerals. Jikiton is highly devastating, especially against ninja who use iron based weapons, as it controls metal. It also allows the use of the highly powerful weapon Iron Sand, especially if one wants maximum results of destruction.

Jikiton is earth and lightning chakra based, but like Mokuton, it does not have a dominant element, making it an oddity among Elemental Limits.